Federal immigration judges Mimi Tsankov and Samuel B. Cole to address immigration courts backlog at Headliners Newsmaker, Oct. 18
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Monday, October 16, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Judges Mimi Tsankov, a federal immigration judge in New York City, and Samuel B. Cole, a federal immigration judge in Chicago, will speak Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. at a National Press Club Headliners news conference about the pressures of the migrant crisis on the federal immigration court system.
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- WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Judges Mimi Tsankov, a federal immigration judge in New York City, and Samuel B. Cole, a federal immigration judge in Chicago, will speak Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. at a National Press Club Headliners news conference about the pressures of the migrant crisis on the federal immigration court system.
- An unprecedented surge in migration has created a backlog of 2.6 million cases in the nation's immigration courts resulting in long waits for hearings.
- Among other topics, the judges will address the recent assignment of judges to areas along the border.
- Federal immigration judges are generally barred from speaking out on issues that affect their courts.